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"United 93" to Premiere at Tribeca

by Scott Weinberg | March 30, 2006

Summary

The Tribeca Film Festival and Universal Pictures today announced that "United 93," the feature film which chronicles the unfolding drama of the hijacked September 11th flight that crashed outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, will have its world premiere as the Opening Night film of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. The premiere will take place on Tuesday, April 25th; the Festival will run through May 7th. Back to Article

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lemongrass writes:
on Mar 30 2006 02:57 PM

Why don't they just make a movie with arabs eating babies, killing small puppies and raping old jewish women?

It would get the same point across, and be far more effective.

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Decade_e_a writes:
on Mar 30 2006 02:58 PM

this movie should be called "HEY AMERICA? REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11TH!!!???? HUH!!??? DO YA!!!??????? NEVER FORGET!!!!!!!"

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Decade_e_a writes:
on Mar 30 2006 03:00 PM

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because this way Greengrass can have the illusion that he has a motive for making it.

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lemongrass writes:
on Mar 30 2006 03:02 PM

Does anyone still buy this story? This whole 9/11 thing seems more and more like a scam everytime I hear it mentioned.

At this point, I think 19 Ewoks hijacking a star destroyer and flying it into the death star seems more plausible.

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aknddon3 writes:
on Mar 30 2006 08:37 PM

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[b]HAHAHAHAHAHA[/b]
I think you have been on the internet too long there nutcase. When they evidence that this stuff happen how can you dispute it? I mean the government probably knew that an attack was going to happen but would they willing send us into a economic disaster?

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renny2077 writes:
on Mar 30 2006 09:22 PM

Oh..would you give it a rest?!?! It happened. We know how it happened. You don't really have to make a movie to tell us what exactly happened. And its not enough that we need to pay to watch the crap movie...you want us to donate as well....sheesh!

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bamb0o-stick writes:
on Mar 31 2006 05:19 AM

I couldn't agree more with the previous comments. Being a New Yorker and a person who visits GZ every year, seeing something like this made into a movie is like pouring salt onto open wounds. It doesn't even seem they have enough evidence/information to even pull off an accurate portrayal of what happened on that plane.

Did anybody find it strange that there are current news about cell phone service being available NOW on planes? According to Greengrass's movie trailer, the people on board were able to use their phones perfectly 5 years ago!

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jrcorwin writes:
on Mar 31 2006 08:01 AM

You have always been able to use cell phones while aboard an airliner. However, there have been regulations prohibiting their use while in flight. There was fear that they would interfere with older navigational equipment. The FAA now says there is no threat of this, but it is not there decision. It is an FCC matter now. Enough with the conspiracy theories already!

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S0BeURself writes:
on Apr 01 2006 03:40 PM

[b]Already?[/b]
I wonder what a film like this is expecting to achieve. Does it want to make Americans hate Arabs all over again (or for some, even more)? Or does it want to rekindle all of the pain and anguish we fealt when we witnessed so many fellow men & women killed? I don't know... I think it's just too soon for this kind of movie.

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Kudos Mooney writes:
on Apr 02 2006 12:27 PM

Guys: Life happens. Babies die. Planes fly into buildings. Dogs choke. Deaf models get hit by trains. It just happens. I don't think many of you should be bothered by this. Look at the box office numbers of "Pearl Harbor" for christ's sake. And it was twisted into some lame-ass love story. Paul Greengrass believes he's trying to put together his own personal narrative, using facts and conjecture, about what occured on Flight 93. Was it shot down? Probably. Do cell phones have the ability to work at such high altitudes? Maybe. Was there a mutiny on the plane? Most likely, but it didn't succeed. Whatever happened happened. There's no use being pissed about it. If the families of the people on that plane aren't pissed, why should you be? You don't know those people. You didn't cry or moan about the thousands starving and thirsty. Point is, life is full of horrible events, either in our microcosmic lives or on a grand scale (like 9/11). As long as Greengrass doesn't pull a 180 and make a Zucker-type parody about the thing, I think he'll be just fine. The parody can wait another 50 years, whenever this whole thing dies down. Long live horrific tragedies/pathetic love stories.

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Aftermath_1551 writes:
on Apr 04 2006 02:36 PM

This movie probably would have recieved better reception if the Bush administration had not overused 9/11 to justify every single thing that occurs, or against anyone that opposes their policies. I for one am hoping for an insightful film, it should be a good film...hopefully.

BTW on the scale of all things grand 9/11 is on the lower end of the scale, the method of attack was indeed grand, but i would argue that the genocide of Rwanda, the tragedies after the Tsunami of Boxing Day and Katrina were on a grand-scale.

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BrokebackYoda writes:
on Apr 05 2006 05:58 PM

Sounds like an amazing film. I am lookig forward to seeing it.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Apr 06 2006 08:14 AM

[b]And all I'm trying to say, is: Pearl Harbor sucked[/b]
I think they needed to get Ben Affleck for this movie -- just so Parker and Stone could lampoon the jackass.

As for the comments about 9/11 rekindling animosity toward Muslims(or, unfortunately, anybody appearing or dressing similar), this movie won't do that. If you're prone to believing that the Middle East is pretty much in a stage comparable to Inquisition times in Middle Ages Europe, all you need to do is turn on the news.

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